Recent content by duffer

Thanks all. "Bulky" is pretty subjective, way less so than most of the Warns. Agree its pretty heavy. That's not necessarily bad. It's already gotten kissy faced with both rocks and trees. Jury is still out on whacking some of the extraneous stuff off. I am going to sink the winch mounting...

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I've found photos of these on other Jeeps but no information on the manufacturer.

The North Meadow Creek side or Day 3 (North Meadow Creek/McKelvey Lake) photos. I wasn't too sure about taking a relatively untested TJ on this trail but the new to me TJ did ok. But I did manage to bend the draglink. I'm an opinionated old fart, but I think the McKelvey Lake trail is the best...

I only participated for two days of this week long event, North and South Meadow Creeks. While understandably, most of the Jeeps are CJ's, two TJ's (one being mine), and a YJ were in the mix. My TJ was a very recent acquisition prior to these trips and basically untested. Not my usual style...

Previous iteration of the 3B and a certain JK named POS McKelvey Lake, Tobacco Root Mountains 1986 2008, Upper Twin Lake, Tobacco root Mountains 1972 at the "homestead" north of Bozeman, MT 2025 on Flathead Pass run DSC07348[/url'] 2025 South Meadow Creek Lake 2025 McKelvey Lake...

Late to the party, but my thoughts also. But it helps to have the fortress. I think I can exist close to indefinitely without external input. Gravity feed on the spring water and heat with wood, all obtained on my own place. And in that situation, an occasional deer or elk is going to...

The correct term is naphtha, basically uncracked gasoline. It was once sold in bulk as "tractor fuel" in the days of gasoline powered tractors, with universally low compression engines. I hand pumped many thousands of gallons of that stuff in my father's antique tractors when I was a kid and...

I remain a liquid fuel user. MSR's stoves have been great over the decades they have been making them but I refuse to go canisters. My first decent backpack stove was the Seva 123 which I used with the Sigg tourist windscreen/pot-ancient history six and a half decades back. That actually...

The Anderson's do work well, but I took a slightly different path, maybe applicable only if you have an on-board welder. I wired in an extra set of Miller welding jacks connected directly to the battery via 00 welding cable and then used a Tweco quick connect to change from the welder stinger...

I think the additional pins are used for wireless remote winch operation. I have never liked the ergonomics of Warn's pistol grip remote, just seems awkward. The remotes handle very little current. With a solid state contactor, less than 1 amp. You can actually use ATV/UTV remotes. I...